The AP Wire wrote:

Bruce Lee's classic 1973 film, "Enter the Dragon," will be remade by Warner Bros. The remake, to be titled "Awaken the Dragon," will be written and directed by Kurt Sutter, producer of "The Shield" TV series. It will be released by Warner Independent Pictures. In an e-mail Thursday to The Associated Press, Warner Bros. publicist Laura Kim said the movie will tell the story of an FBI agent who investigates a Shaolin monk and underground kung fu fight clubs. China's Shaolin Temple is renowned for its martial-arts tradition. Kim declined to reveal the casting choices, budget or shooting schedule. Lee played a kung fu fighter who infiltrates an island occupied by a rogue martial arts artist in "Enter the Dragon." He died in 1973, at 32, from swelling of the brain. Lee was known for movies in which he portrayed characters that defend the Chinese and the working class from oppressors. He was born in San Francisco but grew up in Hong Kong, where he made his name as an actor.

The Shield is pretty entertaining, but yeah, it definitely feels like it tries too hard to be gritty sometimes.

But remaking Enter The Dragon is just dumb. It's nice that they're at least slightly changing the name, but still. The thing that set EoD apart from the hundreds of other Kung Fu movies coming out of Hong Kong was Bruce Lee's unmatched martial skills. In that regard, EoD was pretty a Bruce Lee vehicle, and you can't have the vehicle without the driver.

And supposedly the Farrelly brothers are STILL hoping to make a Three Stooges movie and have it out sometimes in 2009. Why? God only knows. The Three Stooges were characters, yes, but the names of the Stooges (usually) coincided with the stage names of the actors who played them. You CAN'T recast them, and it's dumb to try. It'd be like making a Tramp movie without Chaplin, or making Charlie McCarthy movie and giving him a new ventroquilist. It takes a certain level of arrogance to think that one can pull off a Three Stooges movie, and I can't understand where the Farrelly brothers would get such big egos; their last four movies (Osmosis Jones, Shallow Hal, Stuck On You, Fever Pitch) were absolute shit.

Tebor wrote:

it's not like we're talking about remaking "Citizen Kane" here.

Isn't it? ISN'T IT!?

I don't think they'll touch Rambo, Predator, or Big Trouble In Little China.

Rambo couldn't really be remade, as it was very much a product of the 80s as it tapped into post-Vietnam disillusionment. OK, scratch that. It could be remade to tap into post-Iraq disillusionment. Of course, first we need a rooftop embassy evacuation.

A Predator remake could be cool, but Hollywood seems more interested in its shitty family friendly AVP franchise.

Hollywood needs to stay the fuck away from Carpenter films. The remakes of The Fog and Assault On Precinct 13 sucked major ass. Zombie's Halloween looks decent enough, but it's still rather unnecessary.

And Hollywood is already starting to rape the 80s.

Have we already forgotten Transformers? Shit, I had. Thanks a lot for reminding me.

MGM wants to make a DTV Bill & Ted movie with different actors: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1086064/
How about an Adventures in Babysitting sequel: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0829094/

In terms of 80s movies, I think Police Academy is a good candidate for being remade, especially as blaxplotation film.

Most John Hughes won't work, as it played on 80s era innocence, but I could see some new extreme version of the Breakfast Club.

Oh god... I had blocked out the Escape from NY remake.